The results of the first round of balloting for delegates to General Conference 2008 were announced first thing this morning. The second round of ballots were also collected. Laity elected… Dixie Brewster Penny Schwab Clergy elected… No clergy elected in the first round of balloting.
A presentation on disaster relief was not on the agenda a month ago, but today it was an important part of the work of the Annual Conference. After several presentations, Bishop Jones brought our attention to three images in response to the recent tornadoes in Kansas. Scripture is the basis for what we do and […]
Serving All, Leading Together is the theme of the Annual Conference in Kansas West in 2007. The acronym is “salt.” Underneath Hutchinson is the largest salt deposit in North America. Salt mining is a key industry in town and another addition to the town is the newly opened Kansas Underground Salt Museum. Part of opening […]
I am currently at the Kansas West Annual Conference being held at the Grand Prairie Hotel and Conference Center in Hutchinson, KS. The afternoon session was disrupted by a tornado warning. It was announced early on that there would be the potential for a severe storm warning and it came to pass. Well, the good […]
I have posted a review of The Form and Power of Godliness: Wesleyan Communal Discipline as Voluntary Suffering (PDF document) by Kevin Watson. This paper was originally presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society. In the review, I seek to address themes of the paper, application and relevance to The United […]
My dad, Mark Conard, is a pastor in the Kansas West Conference currently serving at First United Methodist Church – Hutchinson. In this clip, he is talking about the hope for the future in The United Methodist Church and ourselves. I think that he articulates a great understanding of hope and where to look for […]
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Worship and Missional Activity
While working on the post about space priorities for a congregation, I began to reflect on the interaction between missional and worship space. I think that missional and worship space could be the same space for a congregation. I have wondered what it would look like for the first building which a new church start […]
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deeply committed
Several weeks ago my wife, Nicole, and I visited Kevin and Melissa Watson – friends from seminary who are living in Oklahoma. Kevin is serving Lamont United Methodist Church and Melissa is working at the local bank. It was a joy to connect with people from Wesley Theological Seminary, as they seem to be few […]
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Alpha Promotion
I have not been a part of an Alpha class, but have heard only good things about it. This video was the winner of the Alpha Viral Competition. Thanks to The Complex Christ | Signs of Emergence for bringing my attention to the video in this post. I found it entertaining, humorous, abrupt and it […]
This is a question which will be considered, along with others in a conversation that will be taking place this week at Resurrection around the theme – What does 21st century worship look like? I believe that this conversation will have implications in the services here and may have effects wider than this local congregation. […]
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Worship Experience
I have been thinking a good deal about worship recently. This past weekend, I assisted in leading worship for the second week in a row at Resurrection. In February, I wrote about the connection between worship attendance and discipleship and now turn to the experience of worship. Thanks to a post from beauty. (t)ruth. god. […]
I try to keep up on news within the United Methodist Church through RSS feeds from UMC.org, particularly the feed for United Methodist News (RSS link). I have recently been encouraged about hope for the future of the denomination in effective ministry as a part of God’s Kingdom through several articles. Plan would pave way […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 